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Cloudcroft declares water emergency amid drought

The Associated Press

Posted:
07/03/2013 09:29:40 AM MDT

CLOUDCROFT, N.M.—A village in southern New Mexico's Lincoln National Forest has declared a state of emergency due to its dwindling water supplies.

KRQE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/121Rsr3) that the village of Cloudcroft announced the water emergency last week and village officials fear that water supplies could be wiped out with the influx of July 4th tourists.

Officials say the springs and wells feeding Cloudcroft's water supply are running low because of the state's extreme drought.

Lisa King, executive director of the Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce, says village officials are putting measures into place so the water system doesn't completely fail.

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